The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) held a workshop toreview a workplace intervention to support breastfeeding programme inHanoi on December 18.
VGCL Vice President Nguyen Thi Thu Hongsaid the confederation’s researches show that about 83 percent of femaleemployees cannot breastfeed exclusively in the first six months aftergiving births.
This year, the VGCL has coordinated with the Alive and Thrive (A&T) to carry out the programme.
Ithas compiled 16,000 leaflets to provide breastfeeding knowledge forfemale workers in 25 businesses in where 25 breastfeeding rooms havebeen set up to support over 4,000 workers who raise infants, she said.
Tradeunions at all levels have worked with businesses to popularise policieson female workers and maternity leave, and breastfeeding information tosome 5,000 targeted workers, she added.
To promote theprogramme’s effectiveness, participants at the event urged trade unionsto further disseminate breastfeeding practices and labour policy amongfemale workers as well as persuade enterprises to set up morebreastfeeding rooms.-VNA
VGCL Vice President Nguyen Thi Thu Hongsaid the confederation’s researches show that about 83 percent of femaleemployees cannot breastfeed exclusively in the first six months aftergiving births.
This year, the VGCL has coordinated with the Alive and Thrive (A&T) to carry out the programme.
Ithas compiled 16,000 leaflets to provide breastfeeding knowledge forfemale workers in 25 businesses in where 25 breastfeeding rooms havebeen set up to support over 4,000 workers who raise infants, she said.
Tradeunions at all levels have worked with businesses to popularise policieson female workers and maternity leave, and breastfeeding information tosome 5,000 targeted workers, she added.
To promote theprogramme’s effectiveness, participants at the event urged trade unionsto further disseminate breastfeeding practices and labour policy amongfemale workers as well as persuade enterprises to set up morebreastfeeding rooms.-VNA
